Unofficial Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen Index

SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #42

Cover Date: January 1960
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1959-11-19

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye

Story: "The Big Superman Movie!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story	?
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Forte
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman Vol. 1 #134; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #14/3; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lucy Lane (last in issue #41/2; next in the third story in this issue)

Villain(s):

"Stunt" Stanton (first appearance; in flashback)

Other Character(s):

Bret Braxton (first appearance; a producer for Mammoth Studios)

Cecil Hathaway (first appearance; the actor playing Jimmy Olsen)

various actors and film crew

Location(s):

Hollywood, CA

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Superman Family #3 ([February] 2009)

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Second Story: "Perry White, Cub Reporter!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Forte
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (in between the first and third stories in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (in between the first and third stories in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Alice White (first appearance; wife of Perry White; next in isue #49/2)

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #14/3; next in Action Comics #260)

Perry White (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #14/2; next in Action Comics #260)

Other Character(s):

Hubert Van Klyk (first appearance; a hermit)

Daily Planet staffers

Location(s):

Metropolis

Daily Planet

the Statue of Freedom

Florida

the Mohave Desert

Comment(s):

Perry White turns 55 in this story.

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #13/2 (August 1965)

Superman: Daily Planet ([May] 2006)

Showcase Presents: Superman Family #3 ([February] 2009)

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Third Story: "Jimmy the Genie!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Giunta (?)
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in the second story in this issue; next in issue #43)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #260)

Supporting Character(s):

Lucy Lane (last in the first story in this issue; next in issue #43)

Villain(s):

Abdul (a genie; first appearance)

Other Character(s):

airline pilots

Location(s):

the Arabian Desert

Fortress of Solitude

Metropolis

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #13/5 (August 1965)

Superman: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen ([September] 2007)

Showcase Presents: Superman Family #3 ([February] 2009)

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